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Lee and the South.

In describing the different characters.
tics of the people of this country, Mr..
Roosevelt, author ofthe "Life of Benton" !"
pays the following tribute to General
Lee:
"The southerners, by their whole mode
of living, their habits, and their love OF
out door sports, kept up their war-like
spirit; while in ths North the so.called
upper classes developed along the lines
of wealthy aud timid bourgeois type,
measuring everything by mercantile
standard IA peculiarly debasiug one if
taken purely by itself,) and submitting
and submitting to be ruled in loca! affairs
by law, foreign mobs, and in national
affairs by their arrogant southern kins-
men.
"The military spirit of these last GER
tainly stood them in good stead in the
civil war. The world has never seen
better soldiers than those who followed
Lee: and their leader will undoubtedly
rank as without exception the very great.
est of all the great chieftains that the
English speaking people have brought
forth-and this, although the last and
chief of his antagonists may himself claim
to stand as the full equal of Marlborough
and Wellington.
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She is q Nyctalops.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Oct. 2l.-Jennie
Gibson, remarkably handsome girl of
1G, living with her parents in the town
of Arkwright, has never seen the world
by daylight, though enabled by lamp
light to sew and read just as clear as
anybody. Up to the age of 4 or years
she was believed to be totally blind.
Eminent occulists pronounced her So,
and gave the parents no encouragement.
The parents noticed, however, that after
the lamp was lighted she gave evidence
of seeing; and gradually this power of
sight grew upon her, until the little one
played with her dolls and toys by artifi-
cial light as eagerly as other children by
daylight. She has been a great reader
and is familiar with all the best authors.
Her case has attracted much attention
among doctors.
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: The American colony at Paris is

= The American colony at Paris is
greatly excited over the unusual termina-
ton of a duel between Mr.. Delany, of
Virginia, and Mr.. Burbank, of Kentucky.
A Adiscussion arose between tie gentleman
from Virginia and the gentleman from
Kentucky, which was not restricted to
parliamentary language, and which ter.
minated by Mr.. Burbank slappiug Mr..
Delany's face. A stirring scene followed.
Mr.. Delany forthwith challenged Mr..
Burbank, seconds were at once named,
duelling pistols were obtained and the
party drove to the Bois de Boulogne,
where four balls were to be exchanged at
twenty-five PAGES. Meanwhile one of the
seconds. Mr.. William Nair, of st. Louis,
quietly unloaded the pistols and threw
away all the ammunition. When the
ground was reached all but the principals
suddenly jumped into one of the two cabs
which had conveyed the parties. to the
meeting and drove off rapidly. The two
principals stood facing each other in the
early morning light. When they dis
covered that the pistols were unloaded
they decided to drive back to Paris for
more balls and more powder, but as only
one cab was left they were obliged to
return in the same vehicle. During the
long drive in the frosty morning air they
had time to become reconciled to each
other, and the affair ended amicably.
- There is a man of Indian descent
named Picket Nelson, living in Essex
County, Virginia, who is veritable giant
being over seven feet in height and
weighing $50 pounds. His, outstretched
arms measure seven feet four inches from
the finger tips; from his wrist to the end
of his middle finger is twelve inches his
foot is fourteen and a half inches long,
and he wears No is shoe, his lasts being
necessarily handmade. He can easily
lift 500 pounds, is about 25 yers old, is
quiet aud even difident in manner, and
works in saw mill at Essex.
- The Stuart Monumental Association
has completed arrangements for the erec-
tion of a monument to General ]. E. B.
Stuart. A granite shaft will be erected
in honor of the great cavalry commander
on the spot where he fell snear Yellow
Tavern.
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Wasn's Ashamed Of Her.

"Now, Lige, don't you be ershamed Nv
me-" This remark was addressed by q
-tall, stoop.shouldered girl, dressed in a
sort of wrapper made of yellow linen, to a
fat, chunky young fellow. They consti.
tuted bridal party and were feasting
their eyes on the exciting scenes of city
life.
"Now, don't you be ershamed Nv me''
"Ershamed Nv you, honey. Wy, I
don't know who in the nation would be
ershamed Nv you?"
exit an Sis an Tobe Flowed that you'd
git me down here an be ershamed Nv
me-"
"Wall, they didn't know whut they
was a taikin' about. Eff man was to
tell me that would be ershamed Nv you,
wy, we'd mix too quick"
II know you've seed mon 1 haye,"
she said, after few moments silence,
"but you amt goin' to be ershamed NV
me, air your
"You bet, I amt"
"I coulder married Jake Bumpers eff
I'd er wanted to, couldn't I, love ?"
eyes," he replied with swagger of
conscious superiority shut jest come
along an knocked his props from under
him. jest nachully grind sich fellers
inter sassage meat, me-"
"Some Nv the folks lowed you
wouldn't be good to me, Lige, but you
will, won't you?"
"Wall, you're talkin'."
can eff wus to ak yer fur er quarter
you'd give it to me, wouldn't you ?"
He WINGED triAe, and replied: "a
whole quarter?"
eyes, love, a whole, great big quarter"
"Wall, I reckon I would"
Gimme, then"
He gave her a twenty-five cent piece,
not without holding it little longer than
true generosity would warrant, and said :
''Thar, now, who said l wouldn't be good
to you? Pint out the fellar that said thar
wuz anything mean about me"
She clasped her hands over his arm,
gazed into his eyes and said: "Ligy, I
never do want you to be ershamed Nv
me. e."-Irkunsas Trarcller.
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like an ordinary cabinet. Nlr. Gates
declares, that complete equipment fol
ten or twelve COWS, including everything,

declared, that a complete equipment fol
ten or twelve COWS, including everything,
would cost less than fifty dollars, and the
saving in butter and the increased price
butter made after the process would
bring, would in very short time pay for
the output. The butter made by this
process is sweet, ard while it extracts
every particle of cream from the milk,
the milE: for feeding and culinary purpo'
ses is far better than the acid, sour milk
used by ordinary process.
These gentlemen were at the Piedmont
exposition in connection with the "Pan'
ola dairy" and while they had no regu-
lar exhibit on the grounds, the directors
were so much pleased With their work
and its results that they awarded hand
some gold medal and diploma to them
for the results in practical butter max
ing. That they richly deserved it all
admit who saw their ingenious and
attractive dairy. The restaurants daily
bought the butter made, and thousands
of people carried home sample cakes as a
luxury in the way of good butter to be
shown their neighbors.-Atlanta Consti'
tuition,
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His Best Girl.
BY MRS. NJ. B. PAYNE.

He hurried up to the Office as soon as
he entered the hotel, and without waiting
to register inquired eagerly:
"Any letter for me?"
The clerk sorted over package with
the negligent attention that comes OF
practice, then Tipped one-a very small
one-on the counter.
The travelling man took it with GU.
rious smile that twisted his pleasant
looking face into mask of expectancy.
He smiled more as he read it. Then
oblivious of other travellers who jostled
him, he laid it tenderly against his lips
and actually kissed it.
A loud guffaw startled him.
"Now look here, old fellow" said 8
loud voice, "that won't do, you know.
Too spooney for anything. Confess now,
your wife didn't write that letter."
"No, she didn't" said the travelling
man with an amazed look, as if he would
like to change the subject. "rhat letter
is from my best girl"
The admission was so unexpected that
the trio of friends who had caught him
said no more until after they had eaten
good dinner and we're seated together in
chum's room.
Then they began to badger him.
"It's no use, you've got to read it to us,
Dick" said one of them, eve want to
know all about your best girl"
$50 you SHALL" said Dick with great
coolness; 1T will give you the letter and
you can read it yourselves. There it is"
and he laid it open on the table.
"I guess not" said the one who had
been loudest in demanding it, eve like
to chaff little, but I hope We are gentle.
men. The young lady would hardly care
to have her letter read by this crowd
and e.looked reproachfully at his friend
"But insist upon it." was the answer,
"there is nothing in it to be ashamed oi
except the spelling; that is q little shaky,
I'll admit, but she won't care in the least
Read it Hardy, and judge for your.
SELF"
Thus urged Hardy took up the letter
shame.facedly enough, and read it
There were only few words. First he
laughed-then swallowed suspiciously
and as he finished it, threw it on the ta'
BILE again, and rubbed the back of hiE
hand across his eyes, as if trubled with
dimness of vision.
"Pshaw," he said, "if I had love let
ter like that" and then was silent.
"Fair play!" cried one of the Others
with an uneasy laugh.
"I'll read it to you boys, said theil
friend, seeing they made no move to take
it, "and I think you'll agree with me, tha
| it's model love letter.
An this was what he read:
Mi owen deer PAPA
Isa mi PRairs every mite annd Wen
kis you're Pictshure ASK god to bles
you good by PAPA yure Best CUR
DOLLY.
For q moment or two the compan,
remained silent, while the little lette
was passed from hand to hand, and yol
would have said that each and every on
had hay fever by the snufling that wa
heard. Then Hard jumped to his feet
"Three cheers for Dolly and thre
cheers more for Dicks best girl p
They were given with will.-Detroi
Free Press.
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make the picture look. They enjoy cut.
ting out all the capitals they can find in

make the picture look. They enjoy cut.
ting out all the capitals they can find in
newspapers and saving them in a boz
they know when their teacher finds time
to help them, they will have a card les.
son. These little cards are made by Sc.
lectipg: the capital letters to form the
name of each member of the class and
posting them on bits of card board.
They soon learn to read and make any
familiar name in this way, and think it
is all play.
Lastly, when all things else fail there
is yet a rich storehouse from which we
can draw endless help of the most gen
ui6e character. Stand in your school
room door and look at the. book of
nature as she spreads her beautiful pages
before you and invites you to teach by
her kind directions. Go into your grove,
select forty eight trees, let ten represent
territories, and the rest the stalwart States
of our noble Union. By the leaves of
these shade trees vibrating on delicate
stems, ne can give the pupil feint idea
Of the 5O,OOO,OO0 inhabitants of the
United States, each suspended on life's
frail cord, which is destined to be
snapped by some, passing gust. While
in the grove, collect in one great heap all
the stones, old logs and dead limbs, put
fire to this and while it is burning talk to
the observers of Popocatapetl, Chimbo-
razo, Cotopaxi, and similar volcanoes.
Walk on till you reach the little school
house spring and there show them some
of the waters of the Atlantic that will
transport this years cotton crop to Liver
pool. - . = -
How pleasant twill be to gather a
fresh bouquet of flowers to cheer us
when We have returned to our regular
work! Flowers. natures poetry, are
silent teachers of innocence, purity, and
beauty. Let us keep. them ever near US
to help IN making the world wiser and
bettsr.1 ,.-..-.' OLIVIA NEWTON.
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A PROCLAMATION.

A PROCLAMATION.
The goodness and mercy of God which
have followed the American people du.
ring all the days of the past year claim
their grateful recognition and humble
acknowledgment. BY His omnipotent
power He has protected us from war and
pestilence, and from every national
calamity by His gracious favor, the
earth has yielded generous return to
the labor of the husbandman, and every
path of honest toll has led to comfort
and contentment; by His loving kind
ness, the hearts of our people have been
replenished with fraternal sentiment and
patriotic endeavor, and by His unerring
guidance we have been directed in the
way of national prosperity. To the end
that we may with one accord testify our
gratitude for all these blessings, I, Grover
Cleveland, President of the United
States, do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of No.
vember next, as day of Thanksgiving
and prayer, to be observed by all the
people of the land. On that day let all
secular work and employment be sus-
pended; and let our people assemble in
their accustomed places of worship, and
with prayer and songs of praise give
thanks to our Heavenly Father for all
that He has done for us, while we humbly
implore forgiveness of our sins and
continuance of His mercy. Let families
and kindred be reunited on that day, and
let their hearts, filled with kindly cheer
and affectionate reminiscence. be ~t.s+SE3
in thankfulness to the Source of all their
pIsasares and the Giver of all that makes
ele day glad and joyous. And in the
midst of our worship and our happiness
let us remember the poor, the needy and
the unfortunate, and by our gifts of
charity and ready benevolence let US in
crease the number of those who with
grateful hearts shall join in our thanks.
giving.
In witness whereof have set my hand
and caused the seal of the United
States to be hereunto affixed. Done
at the City of Washington, this 25th
day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty seven, and of the indie.
pendence of the United States the
one hundred and twelfth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President.
THOMAS F. BAYARD, Sec. of State.
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- Put down the day of the month on
which you were born double it; add Z;
multiply by so; add your age; subtract
3G5; multiply by 100; add the number
of the month in which you were born
add 1900. The first two figures of the
result will give you the day of month Of
your birth, the next two your age, and
the last tlp the number of the month in
which yolisEere born.
= The ATLANTA Exposition made q
clear prof of $37, 900.
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What American Grain Crops Do.

1t is a curious illustration of the grow
ing community of interest between the
people of the world and of the far.reach-
ing influence that may follow an act
done in one part of the earth that the
competition of Western grain and pro-
visions with English grain and provisions
in English markets has, in the last
twelve years, impaired the value of Eng
lish farms 80 per cent. This is the esti'
mate made by Lord Derby at the recent
annual dinner of the Manchester, Liver.
pool and North Lancashire Agricultural
Society. "It is impossible" he said, "to
speak too strongly of the losses which
have been incurred in connection with
land. I believe depreciation of 80 per
cent. would fairly represent the change
that has taken place." This is the
average for the whole country-a loss of
nearly one.third in the value of the farm
property of England. In many cases
values have been so nearly destroyed that
farms are unstable and unrentable; no
one will pay rent for the privilege of
raising crops on them which must be
sold alta positive loss. Farming is re-
duced to an exact art in England. 1t
costs 81 bushel to raise wheat and if,
after it is raised, it has to be put on the
nearest market side by side with Mime.
sofa or Missouri wheat, which is sold for
81. bushel, the English farmer has had
his years work for nothing. The civil.
lied countries are suffering from the very
agencies of civilization-for the peasant
cultivators of France and Italy are worse
off than the English farmers.-Me,o YORK.
Times
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= The art of paper making has reach
ed point where growing tree may be
cut down, made into paper, and turned
out as newspaper, all within thirty six
hours.
"A great many men who start out 10
reform the world leave themselves off for
the last job.
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AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.

"NIy first phoncgraph, as you remem'
Der, consisted simply of roller carrying
the foil and provided with diaphragm
point properly arranged to scrape or in
dent the foil. The roller was turned by
hand. In the new instrument there is
far more complication, but altogether
different results. My propelling machine.
ry consists of q small electric motor, run
by very few cells. Strange to say /
have found more difficulty in getting a
motor to suit me than any other part of
the apparatus, l tried various kinds of
clock work and spring motors, but found
them untrustwortby and toisy. The
motors 1 am now making are absolutely
steady and noiseless. There is no part
of the apparatus, the tools for which l
am now making upon large scale here,
which is likely to get out of order or to
work in an uncertain manner. The two
finished monographs are practically cx-
actly what l intend to offer for sale
within few month"
Among the things at which Mr.. Edison
is hard at work, taking them up in turns,
are cotton picker, heat generator of
electricity, and new device for prorcl-
ling street cars by electricity.
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Let MS Give Thanks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Tbe follow.
ing proclamation was issued late this
afternoon
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"The Stoddard churn we use is made
of white oak slaves and is barrel shaped.
There is nothing inside of it TO injure the
grains of butter, but The barrel is revoly.
ed upon its stand, top over bottom, by
turning crank and the butter is gener
ated in this manner. The churn con.
yerts the entire amount of cream into
butter. The granular form of butter
making is practiced, as you see nothing
is used that will in the least disturb the
grains of butter, We begin to churn as
soon as butter starts from buttermilk in
particles the size of a wheat kernel, at
which point the buttermilk is Withdrawn
from the churn, leaving butter inside.
Then by turning water into churn, the
buttermilk is washed thoroughly from
the butter, lessening the amount of work.
ing necessary to remove the milk. The
butter is solid rs taken from churn in
granular form, anu IT IS allowed TO stand
with salt until the salt is thorougly dis.
solved, from four to six hours. 1t is
then placed upon our patent workers and
worked until all brine is removed, when
it is in proper shape for printing. Our
prints do away with weighing as they
are so arranged as to make four cakes of
one.half pound each, or eight cakes of
onc.quarter of pound EACH"
The crcamerics of the NIosley & Stcd.
dard company are really handsome
pieces of furniture. They arc encased in
handsome cabinet looking stands, finished
| in natural wood, and look when closed
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sATURDAT, JULY Q 1881.
rpPNs OF SUBS E&c E-rE.
Dr. 4 = E.

Too muca rain.
Police Jury Go2o'y.
Subscribe tor the TINES
Who has seen any ripe can't
leups7
Or, McGlynn has 1t last been
accommodated.
Miss Malena Block, Of Clinton
La is visiting Mrs, E. K Beer
Get your life insured il til Sc
eurity then you can die !" peace
Miss Rena Sparrow returned
from an extended visit to hayY,-i'
Thursday.
Watermelors have been seen in
T.IIuJah. for some time, but they
are not good ripe yet.
Railroad Lake at the lower end
of town could be seen IL al Its
beauty, Friday morning.
There has been some tax OF two
passenger trains each way, on the
VS.. &P.. but It IS mostly talk.
The V, s. IL P. has been put
ting in new pi!ing at Lake One.
A new bridge VII De placed there.
That drainage ditch ought to be
dug ut the lowe ena Of town. It
is a shame to leave that matter
this long.
Lewis Montgomery presented
the editor of the TINES with q nice
ripe watermelon and finely ia
yored cantaleup.
The Milliken's Bend entertain
ment is reported by those VINO
attended as being d success IN ev-
cry particular. The play the sup
per, and the dance, al wars OF :
high order. Put the Bend people
always did know how to do things
upin good shape.
Mr.. Sam. James. editor Of the
Item, presented the editor Of the
TIMEs.with a basket OF magnificent
peaches, last Monday. The
Chinese Clings were especially
fine, and the entire lot were a, &c
markabiy fine peaches. That
they were highly appreciated Is a
matter Of course.
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NOTICE.

Inc assessment rolls for 1887
are now ready for inspection, and
vo..;n. Those wishing 10 in
se,sIigate their assessments will
psease come forward and do So
within next thirty days.
J. Ii. GnFoIL.
Assessor.
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j()DlV()flK
THE PICAYUNE,
fhG Leading EsESpapSr o. The South

THE DAILY PICANJNE.
IL independent and fearless n RS rdi;c.
YlA cnnGUct. Ii haS the UidesE aud
most con piere Systeu Of u"wS gathering
by telegraph ara correspondence, ard
the most accurate and con- piete niaF-
ket. commercial and financial state
mcnte published in New Orleans.
THE SUNDAY pICAYUNE,
which nay he taken seraro tely from
the daily subscription service, IN fnl
ard complete ia all news dep1rtmeCrs.
with the sGGsd features If household,
fashion and society 6ai1. and 4 feast ~
choice n,igin8l sud selected literary
miyter tor nome reading. Tee spaciai
writings OF CathaT;Ge Cola. Henry
Haynie paris correspondence, Jennie
Jane, Mobile Moore Davis. and many
Others, appear 10 the Sunday issue.
THE WEEKLY PICAYUNE.
This mammoth l6-page paper is the
best and cheapest weekly paper pub
lished III the South. In a condensed
form ii contains all the news of The
week, tho cream OF all literary matter
and the beet special features of The
Sunday lssne. with an important ARri-
cultural Department and the Latest
Nsrfes hrgtr-s. The Weekly Is pub
E>E.G every Thursday, and reaches al
subscribers for sunday reading.
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Inc salary of lst grade teachers WI
DE soo' per moth Of 20 teaching Jlvs,
ana that OF the End grade will be $50,
ior tne same length OF time.
All 'he teachers assigned to t%e col
ofed schools are required to present
themselves before the Board On FRI,
Gay the 9th day of August next far
AAinlnat'oa, and :hose passing the
same s.a satisfactorily, viii he given L GER
anca'e' thcse,failing to DO 90 will have
'Deir appointments revoked, and 9TH
efs assigned to their places
A.C. MONETTE.
Sup't Schools.
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